SEE ALSO: Top WordPress Plugins for the Smart Blogger If you have used too many plugins for your blog or website, then it will load slowly. Slow-loading sites are not good for visitors — and especially not good for conversion of prospects to customers. Google recently announced they were going to start using page load times in their algorithm, which means now load time will also affect your search engine rankings. So…how many WordPress plugins should you use? The answer to this question is: the fewer, the better. Basically, use those plugins which are absolutely necessary for managing and running your blog like a professional one. A plugin is necessary for your blog if:
It increases the loading speed of your blog; It helps you to add a new feature that is important for your blog and business; The plugin increases safety and security of your blog by eliminating viruses, malware, spam and other such problems; It helps you to improve the search engine ranking of your blog; If it benefits you and your blog in any other way.
What WordPress Plugins Do I Recommend?
There aren’t many that I fully recommend, but here’s my small list: My final piece of advice? Never use more than 10 plugins for your blog. What WordPress plugins (if any) do you use and why? Let me know in the comments below. (Photo credit: Plugged In via Shutterstock)
